Update: Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to contact them, also any road users who were travelling in the area...

Gardaí have arrested a man following a search after a car ploughed into the porch of a house in West Clare this afternoon.

The people of Clare are being urged to play their part in preventing the amount of waste generated leading up to and during the Christmas period.

A man has died in hospital following a tragic accident at his home in Co Clare this afternoon.

Five West Clare schools and volunteers from Kilrush Tidy Towns are participating in a new environmental education initiative focusing on the aquatic and biodiversity resources of Poulnasherry Bay and its neighbouring Wood river catchment.